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The King received The Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP at Buckingham Palace today. His Majesty asked him to form a new Administration. Mr. Sunak accepted His Majesty's offer and was appointed Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury. "I promise you this – we will not leave the next generation with a debt to settle that we were too weak to pay ourselves. I will unite our country, not with words, but with action.  I will work day in and day out to deliver for you. ". More photos below. 

890 YOUTHS SPONSORED BY LASG GRADUATE FROM FILM ACADEMY •We’ll collaborate with stakeholders to create ecosystem, give livelihood to creative minds, says Sanwo-Olu •Beneficiaries to Governor: We will support your re-election In line with Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration’s commitment to Entertainment and tourism, 890 youths sponsored by the Lagos State Government have graduated from the African Film Academy after a six-week free intensive training.  The 890 youths were beneficiaries of the ‘Film in a Box’ programme by the African Film Academy in conjunction with the Lagos State Government, to train and empower young people in the creative industry in three different centres – Alimosho, Epe and Badagry respectively. The graduating trainees were trained in Acting, Art Directing, Light and Lighting, Editing, Sound Production and Post Production, among others.  The beneficiaries of the Film in a Box initiative, who were visibly excited by the gesture from the Lagos State ...

LAGOS ISSUES FRESH UPDATE FOR RESIDENTS OF IKOYI, LEKKI, VICTORIA ISLAND, OTHERS Lagos State Government on Monday issued a fresh update to all waterfront residents of highbrow Ikoyi, Lekki and Victoria Island and coastal areas of Epe and Badagry to be wary of backflow due to the high tide in the Lagos Lagoon. A statement signed by the State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tunji Bello, explained that the latest advisory had become necessary due to the high tide of the Lagos Lagoon. Bello stressed that the high tide of the Lagoon has made it difficult for storm run-off from the various channels to discharge effectively into the lagoon which may cause a stagnation into the streets and major roads until the level of the lagoon subsides to allow for a discharge of the channels. He described the trending video of the water level under the Third Mainland Bridge almost being filled to the brim as fake news, stating that the video only captures the Oworonshoki end of the T...

NIGERIA READY TO BECOME GLOBAL HUB FOR VACCINE PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION, PRESIDENT BUHARI SAYS AT GLOBAL BIO SUMMIT IN SEOUL   Ø WANTS SPEEDY-TAKE OFF OF mRNA VACCINE TECHNOLOGY PROJECT President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Seoul, South Korea, expressed Nigeria’s readiness to become a global hub for sustainable manufacturing and distribution of vaccine and biological pharmaceuticals to support initiatives to keep all of mankind safe.    The President also called for the speedy take-off of local production of mRNA vaccines, after the World Health Organisation (WHO) selected Nigeria as one of six African countries to receive technology needed to produce the vaccines.    Addressing the World Bio Summit 2022, the Nigerian leader pledged commitment to global response to known or emerging pathogens, including the global vaccine assurance ecosystem and equitable access for all.    He told the meeting jointly convened by the Government of South Korea and ...

NIGERIA FACING CLIMATE CHANGE CHALLENGES, PRESIDENT BUHARI DECLARES DURING MEETING WITH BAN KI-MOON IN SEOUL   President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Seoul, South Korea, said that Nigeria was already experiencing the negative fallout of climate change seen in the flooding in different parts of the country, as well as encroaching desertification and drought from the northern part.   The President made this observation at an audience he granted the former United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon on the sidelines of the First World Bio Summit 2022.   The Nigerian leader expressed delight with the cooperation existing between his country and the Republic of Korea especially in the area of energy supply, citing gas exports to the Asian country.   Describing education as a key investment in addressing unemployment and underdevelopment, the President also noted that health challenges must be equally addressed.   On his part, the former Secretary-General, who is the...

Stakeholders Pledge Support to the  Implementation of Anti-Corruption Policy in the Ports Sector Critical stakeholders in the Ports Sector have pledged their support for the implementation of an Anti-Corruption Policy to curb corruption and improve the ease of doing business in the sector. This pledge was made during a meeting of CEOs of port agencies held at the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) headquarters in Abuja recently. Speaking at the interactive session, which aimed at improving service delivery in the sector, ICPC Chairman, Professor Bolaji Owasanoye, SAN, OFR stated that the maritime sector was a critical part of the economy, but due to corruption, it was not delivering the values in its potential, causing Nigeria to lose business to neighboring countries, as well as revenue. ICPC Chairman also noted that the newly developed policy for the sector was an important mechanism for improving their operations as well as the compliance ...

Operatives of Sharia police, Hisbah, Kano State Commission and the Sharia Board have impounded three vehicles laden with 5,800 bottles of beer. This was contained in the statement made on Monday by Commander-General of the Hisbah Board, Harun Ibn-Sina, in Kano while inspecting the impounded vehicles at the Hisbah office. According to the board’s spokesman, Lawan Fagge, the three vehicles were impounded on Sunday. Noting that a Mercedes Benz car, had 1,800 bottles of beer in it; a Sienna minibus, conveying 3,000 bottles of beer and a Volkswagen Golf car conveying 1,000 bottles of beer. Ibn-Sina commended the anti-intoxicants unit that impounded the vehicles for its efforts at ensuring the stoppage of consumption of alcoholic beverages and harmful drugs in the state. The Commander-General gave assurance that the board would not relent in its efforts at sanitising Kano State of all forms of vices, especially drug peddling and abuse. He directed the Legal Department of the board to follow ...

CP Ogundele urges officers on being proactive as he decorates 6 newly promoted officers  The Commissioner of Police, Niger State Command CP Ogundele J. Ayodeji psc(+), today being 25th October, 2022 had his maiden conference with senior officers and DPOs in the State, having assumed duty as the 36th Commissioner of Police in the State on 17th October, 2022 During his lecture, he expressed familiarity with the terrain of the State, as he described his deployment to the State as homecoming, because he had served in the Command as AC SCID and Area Commander, Kotangora. He asserted that Niger  State is the largest State in the nation, thereby making it vulnerable to challenges of crime and criminality. He therefore, urged officers to map out strategies to reduce crime and be proactive. He reiterated that by means of proactiveness, officers must identify critical stakeholders to work with, towards fighting crime and criminality to a barest minimum. He emphasized on intelligence gat...

Customs Loses Officer to Smugglers in Kwara State The Joint Border Patrol Team (JBPT) Sector 3 of the Nigeria Customs Service has been ambushed along Sinau-Kenu road in Baruten LGA of Kwara State. The group of hoodlums shot sporadically and pelted the Personnel with other dangerous items while in transit having evacuated some abandoned thirty jerry cans of PMS and forty bags of rice. However, one of the Officers paid the supreme price while three others, sustain various varying degrees of injury and are being treated in an undisclosed hospital. According to the Press Release signed by the Nigeria Customs Service Public Relations Officer Kwara Command, Chado Zakari, the deceased, ASCI Saheed Aweda has been buried according to Islamic rites in his home town, Popogbona in Ilorin West Local Government of Kwara State. He said Comptroller Olugboyega Peters, Representatives of DSS, NPF, ONSA, NIA, Immigration and other security agencies have visited the family of the deceased to commiserate w...

WhatsApp Scammer jailed for $100 Fraud The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abuja Zonal Command on October 25, 2022, secured the conviction of an internet fraudster, Ekechukwu Wilson Chinaza before Justice F.A. Aliyu of the FCT High Court sitting in Apo, Abuja. He was convicted after pleading guilty to a one count charge bordering on impersonation. The charge reads: "That you, Ekechukwu Wilson Chinaza sometime in 2022 at Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court cheat by impersonation when you created a WhatsApp profile page using a white lady’s picture with the name Amber and under that assumed character did obtain the sum of One Hundred United States Dollars ($100) from Brian in the pretext that you are in a romantic relationship with her and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 321 of the Penal Code Act, Laws of the Federation (Abuja) 1990, and punishable under Section 324 of the same Act". Justice Aliyu, in convicting the defendant t...

Fraudster who Defrauded Grandmother N15m Jailed in Kano Justice Nasiru Saminu of the Kano State High Court today October 25, 2022 convicted and sentenced one Aminu Ishaq to three years imprisonment for retention of proceeds of crime. The convict is among six youths that were arrested in Katsina and Kano for stealing over N15,000,000 from the bank account of a complainant, incidentally a grandmother to one of fraudsters (Almustapha Nasir). Nasir had been convicted on the 6th of October, 2022 by the same court. The defendants were arrested following a petition which alleged that Almustapha Nasir stole the SIM card of his grandmother, shared it with his friends and together, they stole over N15,000,000 through bank transfers and POS withdrawals.  

"Duchess" Your Battles Are Our Own Now" – Meghan Markle’s Nigerian root Excites Tweeters.  The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, has opened up on her African roots, revealing that she is 43% Nigerian. In her latest episode on her podcast, Archetypes, Markle noted that she confirmed her roots after she took a genealogy test a few years ago. Markle discussed with American actress Issa Rae, Nigerian-American writer Ziwe Fumudoh, and professor Emily Bernards. The Duchess of Sussex stated she took a genealogy test, which revealed that she is 43% Nigerian. When her guests asked her to share what the results entailed, the Duchess said, “I’m 43% Nigerian,” to the shock of Ziwe, who responded, “No way!”. Ziwe further asked, “Are you serious? This is huge. Igbo, Yoruba, do we know?” The Duchess of Sussex then answered, “I’m going to start to dig deeper into all of this because anyone that I’ve told, especially Nigerian women, are just like, what?” Following the revelation, Nigeria...

Soludo Suspends Teachers’ Recruitment over Irregularities Irked by the irregularities that has characterized the recruitment of teachers in the state, Anambra State Governor Chukwuma Soludo has suspended the exercise for the second time running, ANAMBRA PEOPLE reports. It was gathered on Monday that the directive for the cancellation was with immediate effect. The development has made applicants to panic, as they do not know their fate. About 40,000 applicants applied for the online job the first time, while 31,800 were shortlisted for interview. But following what played out during the first exercise, the governor angrily suspended the exercise, as he wanted to get it right for the state. The Governor wants a transparent exercise about the recruitment. On Sunday, the Ministry of Education released a list of about 5,000 recruited teachers, which sparked condemnation across the state. Contacted, Information Commissioner Sir Paul Nwosu did not pick his calls. But a senior officer in the ...

Anambra Legislature Kicks Against Illegal ANSWAMA Levies, Invites Its Managing Director The Anambra State House of Assembly has declared the published ANSWAMA levies as illegal, saying that the tax rates contravene the existent law that established the authority. The state legislature in a Tuesday, October 25 plenary has heard a motion of urgent public importance sponsored by the Member Representing Nnewi North Constituency, Hon. Nonso Smart Okafor, and others.  Reading out the motion, Hon. Smart Okafor brought the House to the notice of a press release signed by the managing director of the Anambra State Waste Management Authority, Mr Mike Ozoemena where it was reeled out, tax rates payable to the state by ventures and bodies operating in the state.  Referencing the existent law passed by the state legislature, tagged, The Anambra State Waste Management Law 2015 which stipulates in clear figures various fees payable by various enterprises for waste management, Hon. Smart Okaf...

Soludo Awards More Roads in Anambra South In furtherance of making driving around Anambra State pleasurable, Anambra State Executive Council (ANSEC) has approved the award of roads construction in various parts of the state. The roads include the Ezira-Umuomaku -Enugwu Umuonyia-Achina road, 12.5km long and 8m wide, awarded to Tamad Construction Ltd at the cost of N4,682,184,235.18 (four billion, six hundred and eighty two million, one hundred and eighty four thousand, two hundred and thirty five naira, eighteen kobo). The road will be completed in 12 months. Construction of Ozubulu-Ihembosi-Ukpor road also got ANSEC’s nod to be awarded and commenced. Measuring 6.05km and 10m wide, the work has been awarded to Wakema Construction Company Ltd at the cost of N3,987,262,169.56 (three billion, nine hundred and eighty seven million, two hundred sixty two, one hundred and sixty nine naira, fifty six kobo). Wakema is expected to finish the job in 8 months. Revalidated and awarded is Ukpor-Umun...